2015–16 Valencia CF season

2015–16 season

President

Manager

Nuno Espírito Santo
(until 29 November 2015)
Salvador "Voro" González
(starting 30 November 2015 until 5 December )
Gary Neville
(starting 6 December 2015 until 30 March 2016)
Pako Ayestarán
(from 30 March 2016)

Stadium

9th

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Top goalscorer

League:
Paco Alcácer (13)
All:
Paco Alcácer (15)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2014–15

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The 2015–16 season is Valencia Club de Fútbol's 96th in the club's history and their 81st in La Liga. The club qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2012–13. They began in the play-off round, where a win over Monaco saw them qualify for the group stages, where they competed in Group H, finishing third and dropping into the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League. Valencia also competed in the Copa del Rey, entering at the Round of 32 and being eliminated by FC Barcelona 8-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals.

Players

From the Youth Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
28	FW	Rafa Mir ^[2]
29	MF	Wilfried Zahibo
30	MF	Fran Villalba ^[3]
31	DF	Ibrahim Diallo ^[3]

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
—	GK	Yoel (at Rayo Vallecano until 30 June 2016)
—	DF	Salva Ruiz (at Granada until 30 June 2016)
—	DF	Lucas Orbán (at Levante until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	Nando García (at Córdoba until 30 June 2016)

No.	Position	Player
—	MF	Robert Ibáñez (at Granada until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	Rodrigo De Paul (at Racing Club until 30 June 2016)
—	MF	Fede Cartabia (at Deportivo until 30 June 2016)
—	FW	Vinícius Araújo (at Cruzeiro until 30 June 2016)

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
7	ST	Negredo, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Negredo	29	EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	2020	€27M	Valencia
2	RB	Cancelo, JoãoJoão Cancelo	21	EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	2021	€15M	Valencia
21	MF	Gomes, AndréAndré Gomes	21	EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	2020	€15M	Valencia
	FW	, RodrigoRodrigo	24	EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	2019	€30M	Valencia
	GK	Ryan, MathewMathew Ryan	23	Non-EU	Club Brugge	Transfer	Summer	2021	€7M
	AM	Mina, SantiSanti Mina	19	EU	Celta	Transfer	Summer	2021	€10M	Valencia
	AM	Bakkali, ZakariaZakaria Bakkali	19	EU	PSV	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	Valencia
	DM	, DaniloDanilo	19	Non-EU	Braga	Loan	Summer	2016		Valencia
	DF	Santos, AderlanAderlan Santos	26	Non-EU	Braga	Transfer	Summer	2020	€9M
	DF	Abdennour, AymenAymen Abdennour	26	Non-EU	Monaco	Transfer	Summer	2020	€25M

Total spending: €131 million

Out

P	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
ST	Araújo, ViníciusVinícius Araújo	22	Non-EU	Cruzeiro	Loan	Summer	2016	N/A	Valencia
DM	Augusto, FilipeFilipe Augusto	21	Non-EU	Rio Ave	Loan Return	Summer	2016	N/A	Valencia
CB	Ruiz, VíctorVíctor Ruiz	26	EU	Villarreal	Transfer	Summer		€2.7M	Villareal
RW	Ibáñez, RobertRobert Ibáñez	22	EU	Granada	Loan	Summer	2016	N/A	Marca
LB	Ruiz, SalvaSalva Ruiz	20	EU	Granada	Loan	Summer	2016	N/A	Marca
LW	Cartabia, FedeFede Cartabia	22	Non-EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan	Summer	2016	N/A	Inside Spanish Football
CB	Otamendi, NicolásNicolás Otamendi	27	Non-EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer		€45M	BBC Sport

Total income: €47.7 million

Total expenditure: €80.6 million

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	Matchday 1		22 August 2015
Copa del Rey	Round of 32		2 December 2015
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	3rd	16 September 2015	9 December 2015

Last updated: August 2015
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	7001360000000000000♠36	7001110000000000000♠11	7001110000000000000♠11	7001140000000000000♠14	7001440000000000000♠44	7001440000000000000♠44	+0	7001305600000000000♠30.56
Champions League	7000800000000000000♠8	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000500000000000000♠5	7000900000000000000♠9	7001120000000000000♠12	−3	7001375000000000000♠37.50
Europa League	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7001120000000000000♠12	7000200000000000000♠2	+10	7001750000000000000♠75.00
Copa del Rey	7000800000000000000♠8	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7001150000000000000♠15	7001100000000000000♠10	+5	7001625000000000000♠62.50
Total	7001560000000000000♠56	7001220000000000000♠22	7001130000000000000♠13	7001210000000000000♠21	7001800000000000000♠80	7001680000000000000♠68	+12	7001392900000000000♠39.29

Last updated: 30 April 2016
Source: Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2015–16 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Sevilla (T)	36	14	10	12	49	43	+6	52	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Málaga	36	11	12	13	34	33	+1	45
9	Valencia	36	11	11	14	44	44	0	44
10	Las Palmas	36	12	7	17	44	49	−5	43
11	Real Sociedad	36	11	9	16	42	47	−5	42^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2016. Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.
Notes:

↑ Since both Barcelona and Sevilla have reached the final of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Sevilla currently qualify for at least Europa League third qualifying round as seventh-placed team in the league. This is because if the winner (in this case Barcelona) already qualified for European competition based on their league position the spot awarded to the Copa del Rey winner would be passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot for the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) would be passed to the seventh-placed team.
↑ Real Sociedad ahead of Eibar on goal difference; Real Sociedad –5, Eibar –10.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	11	11	14	46	46	0	44	6	7	5	25	22	+3	5	4	9	21	24	−3

Last updated: 2 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	L
Position	15	10	8	7	10	8	9	8	9	7	7	8	9	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	9	11	12	14	15	14	12	8	8

Last updated: 2 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Win Draw Loss

22 August 2015 1	Rayo Vallecano	0–0	Valencia	Madrid
22:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tito 42' Manucho 49' Nacho 74'	Report	Mustafi 56'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 9,442 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

30 August 2015 2	Valencia	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Valencia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Danilo 45' Negredo 45' Barragán 72', 84' De Paul 86'	Report	Lucas 39' Lux 78'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,734 Referee: Jose Luis Gonzalez (Spain)

12 September 2015 3	Sporting Gijón	0–1	Valencia	Gijón
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mascarell 45' Pérez 77'	Report	Parejo 30' Pérez 41' Fuego 81' Alcácer 90+1'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,206 Referee: Del Cerro Grande

19 September 2015 4	Valencia	0–0	Real Betis	Valencia
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Orbán 46' Mustafi 49' De Paul 78' Fuego 86'	Report	Ceballos 21', 48' Vargas 30' Adán 90+3'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,560 Referee: Velasco Carballo

22 September 2015 5	Espanyol	1–0	Valencia	Cornellà de Llobregat
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Álvarez 18' Álvaro 23' Sánchez 26' Pérez 41' Duarte 53' Cañas 86'	Report	Rodrigo 38' Mina 39' Bakkali 50' Gayà 60' Danilo 70' Piatti 86' Pérez 86'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 18,231 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva

25 September 2015 6	Valencia	1–0	Granada	Valencia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mustafi 26', 34' Pérez 30' Orbán 71'	report	Dória 31' Lopes 38' Uche 72'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,158 Referee: Clos Gómez

4 October 2015 7	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Valencia	Bilbao
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Laporte 34' Susaeta 60' Aduriz 69'	Report	Parejo 20', 33' Feghouli 58' Cancelo 58' Orbán 67'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 41,508 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)

18 October 2015 8	Valencia	3–0	Málaga	Valencia
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Charles 19' (o.g.) Gomes 33' Fuego 62' Mina 64' Parejo 86', 89' (pen.)	Report	Angeleri 23' Rosales 60' Albentosa 88'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,819 Referee: Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (Las Palmas)

25 October 2015 9	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Valencia	Madrid
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Martínez 32' Ferreira Carrasco 40', 52' Juanfran 80' Correa 87' Gabi 90+3'	Report	Mustafi 15' Parejo 53' Pérez 64' Alcácer 72' (pen.) Gomes 84'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 47,075 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

1 November 2015 10	Valencia	3–0	Levante	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)	Pérez 28' Alcácer 64' (pen.) Gomes 66' Feghouli 72' Bakkali 80'	Report	García 36' Rubén 62'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 39,147 Referee: De Burgos Bengoetxea

8 November 2015 11	Celta Vigo	1–5	Valencia	Vigo
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fernández 24', 73'	Report	Alcácer 13', 46' Fuego 27' Gayà 37' Parejo 45', 65' Mustafi 50', 79'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 22,131 Referee: Vicandi Garrido

22 November 2015 12	Valencia	1–1	Las Palmas	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Alcácer 8' Mustafi 26' Cancelo 56' Pérez 65'	Report	Viera 57' Momo 16' El Zhar 81' David Simón 89'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 32125 Referee: Pedro Pérez

29 November 2015 13	Sevilla	1–0	Valencia	Seville
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rami 17' Escudero 50' Mariano 71' Vitolo 84'	Report	Cancelo 10', 35' Gayà 13' Abdennour 20' Fuego 57', 78'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 34,914 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)

5 December 2015 14	Valencia	1–1	Barcelona	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Parejo 70' Danilo 77' Mina 86' Gayà 87'	Report	Mascherano 16' Suárez 59'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 46,799 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre (Aragon)

13 December 2015 15	Eibar	1–1	Valencia	Eibar
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mauro 15' Enrich 45' Capa 69' Juncà 71' García 74' Ramis 90+2'	Report	De Paul 31' Orbán 47', 63' Mustafi 65' Fuego 84' Gomes 85'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,182 Referee: José González

19 December 2015 16	Valencia	2–2	Getafe	Valencia
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Danilo 9' Alcácer 15' Mina 35' Barragán 81'	Report	Sarabia 10' Lago 14' Lafita 22', 90+3' Alexis 45+1' Pedro León 77' Suárez 79' J. Rodríguez 85'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 31,598 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

31 December 2015 17	Villarreal	1–0	Valencia	Villarreal
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bruno 64' Soldado 68'	Report	Gomes 16' Barragán 45' Villalba 90+2'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,526 Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo

3 January 2016 18	Valencia	2–2	Real Madrid	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Parejo 45+1' (pen.) Barragán 57' Alcácer 83'	Report	Benzema 16' Pepe 45' Kovačić 68' Bale 82'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 47,185 Referee: Sánchez Martínez

10 January 2016 19	Real Sociedad	2–0	Valencia	San Sebastián
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jonathas 32', 79', 82' Pardo 63' Héctor 90+3'	Report	Abdennour 14' Cancelo 27' Pérez 56' Fuego 65'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 24,217 Referee: Hernández Hernández

17 January 2016 20	Valencia	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Valencia
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Negredo 55' Alcácer 86', 88'	Report	Jozabed 15' Llorente 19', 69' Quini 78' Lass 81'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Prieto Iglesias

23 January 2016 21	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Valencia	A Coruña
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucas 27' Juanfran 60' Lux 64' Arribas 81'	Report	Gomes 47' Mustafi 78' Vezo 79' Negredo 90+3'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 23,782 Referee: Melero López

31 January 2016 22	Valencia	0–1	Sporting Gijón	Valencia
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Sanabria 50' (pen.) Hernández 59' Vranješ 70'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,277 Referee: González González

7 February 2016 23	Real Betis	1–0	Valencia	Seville
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pezzella 11' Castro 49' Ceballos 70' Adán 74' Montoya 78'	Report	Mustafi 22' Gomes 27' Cheryshev 29' Parejo 35' Zahibo 58' Gayà 62', 85'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 40,228 Referee: Sánchez Martínez

14 February 2016 24	Valencia	2–1	Espanyol	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pérez 33' Negredo 71' Cheryshev 76'	Report	Álvaro 13' Diop 43' Ó. Duarte 52' Abraham 58'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 34,689 Referee: Del Cerro Grande

21 February 2016 25	Granada	1–2	Valencia	Granada
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pérez 52' Success 86' Édgar 90+3'	Report	Parejo 22', 55' Cancelo 84' Alves 86' Mina 90'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,197 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

28 February 2016 26	Valencia	0–3	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gomes 43' Cancelo 54'	Report	Merino 73' Muniain 77' Aduriz 80'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 36,654 Referee: Jesús Gil (Extremadura)

2 March 2016 27	Málaga	1–2	Valencia	Málaga
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Čop 14' Juanpi 32' Albentosa 62' Torres 63' Duda 64' Recio 66' Charles 77'	Report	Mustafi 19' Gayà 30' Cheryshev 35', 49' Kameni 41' (o.g.) Feghouli 63' Piatti 90+2'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 20,556 Referee: González González

6 March 2016 28	Valencia	1–3	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cheryshev 28' Santos 57', 80' Feghouli 78'	Report	Griezmann 24' Vietto 64' Torres 72' Ferreira Carrasco 85'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,857 Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo

13 March 2016 29	Levante	1–0	Valencia	Valencia
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Simão Mate 61' Rossi 65' López 90+2'	Report	Parejo 14' Abdennour 49' Fuego 77' Mustafi 84'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,191 Referee: Del Cerro Grande

20 March 2016 30	Valencia	0-2	Celta Vigo	Valencia
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)	Alcácer 74'	Report	Guidetti 80' Mallo 84'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 32.909 Referee: Undiano Mallenco

3 April 2016 31	Las Palmas	2–1	Valencia	Las Palmas
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Willian José 33' Mesa 36' Viera 50' (pen.) Mustafi 63' (o.g.)	Report	Rodrigo 3' Barragán 33' Piatti 37' Fuego 45' Mustafi 68'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 26,950 Referee: Pérez Montero

10 April 2016 32	Valencia	2–1	Sevilla	Valencia
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mustafi 32' Parejo 41' Pérez 88' Negredo 90+1'	Report	Llorente 56' Gameiro 86'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 41,569 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

17 April 2016 33	Barcelona	1–2	Valencia	Barcelona
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piqué 35' Suárez 40' Messi 63' Neymar 86'	Report	Barragán 15' Rakitić 26' (o.g.) Mina 45+1' Parejo 51' Gomes 68'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 88,667 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

20 April 2016 34	Valencia	4–0	Eibar	Valencia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alcácer 10', 28', 40' Cancelo 56' Abdennour 88'	Report	García 9' Escalante 60'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 34,312 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández

24 April 2016 35	Getafe	2–2	Valencia	Getafe
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sarabia 26' Gómez 38' Medrán 59' Šćepović 68' Lacen 70' Suárez 86'	Report	Gomes 39' Parejo 48' Alcácer 84'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 11,637 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

1 May 2016 36	Valencia	0–2	Villarreal	Valencia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fuego 42'	Report	Samu 16' Musacchio 23' Adrián 33' Rodri 43'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 38,283 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

8 May 2016 37	Real Madrid	v	Valencia	Madrid
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu

15 May 2016 38	Valencia	v	Real Sociedad	Valencia
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Mestalla

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2015–16 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

2 December 2015 First leg	Barakaldo	1–3	Valencia	Barakaldo
21:00	Arroyo 16' 70' Cerrajería 30' Aguiar 38' Valens 89'	Report	Mir 13' Cancelo 19', 32' Diallo 36' Bakkali 43' Gayà 65' Parejo 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Lasesarre Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Eduardo Prieto

16 December 2015 Second leg	Valencia	2–0 (5–1 agg.)	Barakaldo	Valencia
21:00	Mina 8' Negredo 31' De Paul 89'	Report	Pomares 18' Cusi 67'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Referee: Melero López

Round of 16

6 January 2016	Valencia	4–0	Granada	Valencia
16:00	Negredo 8', 63' (pen.), 83' (pen.) Rodrigo 35'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 19,571 Referee: Gil Manzano

14 January 2016	Granada	0–3 (0–7 agg.)	Valencia	Granada
20:00		Report	Zahibo 42' Alcácer 63' Piatti 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Los Cármenes Referee: Estrada Fernández

Quarter-finals

21 January 2016	Valencia	1–1	Las Palmas	Valencia
20:00	Alcácer 61'	Report	Zahibo 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 15,400 Referee: Del Cerro Grande

28 January 2016	Las Palmas	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Valencia	Las Palmas
21:00		Report	Rodrigo 20'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,206 Referee: Fernández Borbalán

Semi-finals

3 February 2016	Barcelona	7–0	Valencia	Barcelona
21:00	Suárez 7', 12', 83', 88' Messi 29', 59', 74'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 60,635 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva

10 February 2016	Valencia	1–1 (1–8 agg.)	Barcelona	Valencia
20:00	Negredo 39'	Report	Kaptoum 84'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 16,296 Referee: Velasco Carballo

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

19 August 2015 First leg	Valencia	3–1	Monaco	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodrigo 4' Parejo 59', 88' Mustafi 78' Feghouli 86', 90+4'	Report	Silva 2' Pašalić 49', 58' Dirar 66' Raggi 90+3'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 45,633 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

25 August 2015 Second leg	Monaco	2–1 (3–4 agg.)	Valencia	Monaco
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Raggi 17' Pašalić 38' Toulalan 56' Elderson 72', 75'	Report	Negredo 4' Vezo 52' Pérez 73' Piatti 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 13,165 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZEN	GNT	VAL	OL
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	0	1	13	6	+7	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	2–0	3–1
2	Gent	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	1–0	1–1
3	Valencia	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League	2–3	2–1	—	0–2
4	Lyon	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4		0–2	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2015 1	Valencia	2–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alcácer 52' Cancelo 55' Gomes 73', 90+6' Mustafi 90+4'	Report	Hulk 9', 44', 90+6' Smolnikov 16' Witsel 61', 76'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 28,005 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

29 September 2015 2	Lyon	0–1	Valencia	Lyon, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gonalons 61' Kalulu 67' Ferri 90+2'	Report	Feghouli 42' Fuego 52' Pérez 63' Domènech 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 33,534 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

20 October 2015 3	Valencia	2–1	Gent	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Feghouli 15' Parejo 18' Mina 46' Cancelo 55' Mitrović 72' (o.g.) Gayà 90'	Report	Asare 22' Foket 40', 70' Sayef 66' Simon 86'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 38,207 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

4 November 2015 4	Gent	1–0	Valencia	Ghent, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kums 49' (pen.) Raman 73'	Report	Feghouli 30' Mustafi 62' Gomes 72' Pérez 85'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,452 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

24 November 2015 5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Valencia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Shatov 15' Criscito 17' Yusupov 71' Dzyuba 74' Witsel 78'	Report	Mir 45' Vezo 80'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,002 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

9 December 2015 6	Valencia	0–2	Lyon	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Abdennour 24' Mustafi 38' Mina 44'	Report	Cornet 37' Tolisso 68' Lacazette 76'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 32,494 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)	Valencia	6–0	Rapid Wien	Valencia, Spain
21:05	Mina 4', 25' Parejo 10' Negredo 29' Gomes 35' Cancelo 70' Rodrigo 89'	Report	Schwab 57' Grahovac 65' Petsos 76'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

25 February 2016 (2016-02-25)	Rapid Wien	0–4	Valencia	Vienna, Austria
21:05	Pavelić 37' Hofmann 56'	Report	Rodrigo 59' Feghouli 64' Piatti 72' Vezo 88'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Round of 16

10 March 2016 First leg	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Valencia	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	García 20'	Report	Fuego 63' Danilo 66' Mustafi 71'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

17 March 2016 (2016-03-17)	Valencia	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia, Spain
19:00	Mina 13', 40' Santos 37' Fuego 42' Gomes 74' Vezo 83'	Report	Aduriz 76' García 45+2' Laporte 77'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

References

↑ "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
↑ El meteórico salto de Rafa Mir, Levante-EMV, 21 November 2015
1 2 (Spanish)Fran Villalba e Ibrahim Diallo pasan de niños a mayores, Superdeporte, 4 August 2015

Valencia Club de Fútbol

History Players Managers Seasons Europe Records and Statistics Honours Current season

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Home stadium	Mestalla Nou Mestalla

Season articles	1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Training ground	Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna

Related subjects	Los Che Orange Trophy

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Domestic leagues

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Related to national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2016 (Qualifying Group C) Vicente del Bosque

Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 (Qualification Group 2) Jorge Vilda

Women's football

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La Liga	Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Betis Celta Vigo Deportivo La Coruña Eibar Espanyol Getafe Granada Las Palmas Levante Málaga Rayo Vallecano Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Sporting Gijón Valencia Villarreal

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Segunda División B	Barcelona B Lleida Esportiu

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